Disclaimer- I still own nothing!!
A/N- I decided to say what day it is at the beginning and end, just like they do on Flight 29 Down. I had to skim through all the chapters, but I think I have the right date.
Chapter 21
Day 6 - Midday
"I've got a problem. Time to make it go away." He charged at the two. Kelsi screamed. Jason yelled. And then it was quiet.
His arms wrapped around Kelsi still, Jason slowly opened his eyes that he had closed when he saw the man charging at them. He glanced over at Kelsi and saw her eyes were closed, too. But then he realized something. He was alive and feeling no pain at all! "Kelsi!" he cried, "We're not dead!"
"No, really!" the man said sarcastically. He was pulling his knife out of a squirrel's chest.
Kelsi, eyes now open, said, "Why'd you kill that poor squirrel?"
"He's been taking my food for years! Thank God he's gone!" his face turned from angry to calm and then he said, "So like I was saying, I started to enjoy being alone, but now that I'm actually talking to people again, I'm starting to think maybe that's not the best idea. By the way, I'm Trent, you are?"
Kelsi and Jason exchanged weird looks, when Jason said, "I'm Jason, and this is-,"
"Kelsi," she finished, "I'm Kelsi."
"Well Jason, Kelsi, are there any other people with you guys?"
"Yeah, there's six others back that way," Jason explained, pointing in the opposite direction.
"Think you have room at camp for one more?" Trent asked.
Jason and Kelsi exchanged glances, "Hold that thought." Jason said. He turned to Kelsi and whispered, "Should we let him come with us?"
Kelsi whispered back, "I don't know. He seems kinda crazy."
"But he has more experience here. He could help us."
"Alright."
"I think that's fine." Jason announced, "Do you have stuff you need to get?"
"Stuff? Please. I lost my stuff in the last hurricane." He answered.
"Hurricane?" Kelsi asked nervously.
"Oh yeah, you get one or two a year. Most aren't too bad. Except for two years ago."
Jason and Kelsi stared at him with blank expressions.
"Sooo, should we get going." He asked.
"We just need to get some bananas." Kelsi told him.
Then she and Jason started silently picking bananas and placing them in there packs, while Trent rambled on about how his plane crashed and how everyone but him died.
HSM HSM HSM HSM
After an even longer eternity than before of trudging through the jungle and on the beach Sharpay arrived at the beach, extremely exhausted, "I'm back!" she shouted, out of breathe. She couldn't believe she was able to lug that thing of water all the way back. She figured it had to do with her years of dance lessons.
Chad and Ryan, who were still messing around with the basketball by the "hoop" turned around. "Shar!" Ryan called, running her way. When he got to her, he gave her a big hug. "I didn't say anything, but I thought you were a goner!"
"Thanks Ryan, glad to know you had faith in me." She joked, hugging him back.
"I can't believe you got all of this water by yourself!" Chad exclaimed.
"Well Zeke helped me fill it, but I lugged it all the way here." Sharpay stated proudly.
"Wait, you saw Zeke?" Ryan questioned.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot you guys didn't know. Zeke's decided to live by the river for now, this way he can get some alone time, but still see us when we go to get water."
"So he's not coming back?" Chad asked.
"At least for now. He could decide to come back. Now if you two don't mind, I'm going to take a long needed break on the beach." She trotted over to her tent, probably getting a bathing suit and towel, Chad assumed.
"Well, at least you got her to do a little work." Chad reassured Ryan.
HSM HSM HSM HSM
Kelsi, Jason, and Trent were now all walking back to camp, and Trent was just finishing the story of his island life, "…and that's when I found you guys."
"Oh, cool." Kelsi said, pretending she wasn't bored half to death.
"So are we almost a camp?" Trent asked.
"I think we just to go beyond those two trees over there, and we should be at the beach." Jason said.
"Good. I'm sick of walking," he answered.
The trios passed the trees, walked a few more yards, and were on the beach.
"We got fruit!" Jason called.
Martha, who was tending the fire, walked up to them, "Great! We need this so bad!" Then she noticed Trent, "Who's this?" she asked.
"Oh, I'm Trent. I crashed here about 20 years ago."
Martha just stood there in shock.
"So where's everyone else?" Trent asked.
"I think Troy and Gabriella are still fishing, Chad and Ryan are at the basketball hoop. I think Sharpay just got back from getting water, and I have no clue where Zeke is." She started unloading Kelsi's backpack into a container.
"Oh. So where's this basketball hoop?"
"Back there," Martha directed.
"I'm gonna go check it out."
"I'll go introduce you," Jason insisted.
They walked over to the "court" where Chad was teaching Ryan how to shoot a free-throw.
"Hey guys, I have someone I want you to meet." He said.
Chad and Ryan turned to face them, "This is Trent," Jason said.
"I'm Chad."
"I'm Ryan."
"Nice to meet you."
"So how did you get here?" Chad asked.
"Oh, my plane crashed two decades ago. I was 8 years old at the time."
"Twenty years? That long?" Ryan said, shocked.
"Yup. Twenty years."
"Wow."
"C'mon Trent, let's go see Troy and Gabriella."
"Alright."
They found Troy and Gabriella, sitting on rocks at the edge of the lagoon. There were about seven or eight fish sitting in a bucket, but it didn't look like they were fishing anymore. They were having so much fun talking and laughing they didn't even realize it when Jason and Trent came up behind them.
"Hey guys!" Jason called.
Troy and Gabriella turned around, both blushing.
"This is Trent. His plane crashed twenty years ago. Me and Kelsi found him in the jungle."
"I'm Troy," he said, extending his hand. Trent shook it.
"Gabriella," she said.
Trent leaned into Jason and whispered, "Are they together?"
"Yeah," he whispered back, "We're gonna go see Sharpay," he said louder.
Sharpay was found lying on the beach, tanning.
"Sharpay, meet Trent," Jason said. He was starting to get sick of saying it so much.
"Trent?" she opened her eyes and sat up, "Oh, hi, stranger."
"Trent crashed here awhile ago, and he's gonna stay with us."
"Whatever," she lied back down on her towel and closed her eyes.
"She can be a drama queen sometimes," Jason explained.
"I heard that!" she exclaimed.
"Right. So that's everyone. Except Zeke. But we don't know where he is."
"He's at the river. He wants some alone time, but we'll still be able to see him when we go for water." Sharpay explained, eyes still closed.
"Right."
A/N- Sorry for the long wait. I made the chapter a little longer than usual to make up for it. What do you think of Trent? I know, it was kinda weird and random. Reviews Please!